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Ben Carson Questions Donald Trump’s Faith; Trump On Carson “He’s An OK Doctor”

Donald Trump practically loses his mind calling in to CNN’s “New Day” with Chris Cuomo this morning to slap back at Dr. Ben Carson, who yesterday appeared to question the depth or reality of Trump’s religious faith.

On Wednesday, reporters asked Carson what differences there were between the two candidates. From CNN:

“Probably the biggest thing — I’ve realized where my success has come from and I don’t in anyway deny my faith in God,” Carson said.

He explained what he meant by quoting what he said was one of his favorite bible verses.

“By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life and that’s a very big part of who I am. I don’t get that impression with him,” Carson said of Trump. “Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t get that.”

“Who is he to question my faith?” Trump asked this morning. “He knows nothing about me. I am a man of faith.”

“I hardly know Ben Carson. I’m a believer, big league in God. I will hit back on that.”

“I don’t think he’s a great religious figure. If you look at his faith, you’re not going to make it very far.”

Trump also addressed Carson’s personal energy as problematic. “He makes Bush look like the energizer bunny. Ben Carson is not going to be your next president.”

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Jeb Bush Slaps Back At Donald Trump: “The Real Donald Trump”

Jeb Bush has finally had enough of being Donald Trump’s punching bag it seems.

Today, Bush’s campaign released a new ad using Trump’s own personal statements to illuminate his past support for abortion rights, raising taxes, single-payer health care, as well as Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Up until now, Bush has refrained from taking on The Donald too forcefully, clearly with the thinking that Trump would ultimately flame out as the GOP frontrunner.

And yet, Trump continues to climb in polls. So Bush’s campaign is feeling the heat now.

Watch the attempt to paint Trump as “liberal” using his own words.

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Josh Duggar’s Brother-In-Law Wants His Sister Out Of Marriage With “That Pig”

A new week, a new bit of scandal for the Duggar clan.

Word is that Josh Duggar’s brother-inlaw, Daniel Keller, is over the fast and furious debacles constantly spiraling in the news (Ashley Madison accounts, hidden Facebook pages)  and wants his sister out of her marriage with – as Keller refers to Josh – “that pig.”

While Anna says she’s not going anywhere, her brother took to Facebook over the weekend to make clear his position.

Via Raw Story:

On Sunday, Jessa Duggar Seewald, Josh’s sister, posted a verse from the Christian Bible’s Gospel of John to Facebook, which read, in part, “But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, and we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”

“If we confess our sins,” it said, “he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

In the comments, Keller wrote, “You have to confess and forsake your sin to have mercy. Not sin confess and repeat.”

“Think for a min about the victims,” said Keller in response to a comment left on his post. “Tell me how you would feel if someone cheated on your sister and brought so much disgrace to you and ur family.”

Elsewhere, he wrote, “Confessing and getting caught are two different things. You want to know what happens when you cover ur sin maybe you should go read ur bible instead of beating people over the head with it.”

Thinking about the way his sister has been wronged by Josh Duggar, Keller said, makes him “sick”.

“I have told her I would pay for her to move out here w me and pay for her kidz. I don’t think josh will see that this is a big deal and be truly broken till that happens,” he said.

“I told her I would go get her and her children stay w me. She said she’s staying where she’s at. But I won’t stop trying to get that pig out of our family,” Keller concluded. “I tell you who I don’t give a s— about is that pig she calls her husband.”

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Trump Fires Top Adviser, Adviser Fires Back “I Fired Trump”

Conflicting reports (egos?) on the firing of top Donald Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone.

According to USA Today, Donald Trump has parted ways with top aide Roger Stone.

Here’s the statement released Saturday afternoon from Trump’s campaign:

Mr. Trump fired Roger Stone last night. We have a tremendously successful campaign and Roger wanted to use the campaign for his own personal publicity. He has had a number of articles about him recently and Mr. Trump wants to keep the focus of the campaign on how to Make America Great Again

However, Roger Stone has fired back via Twitter with this bon mot:

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Donald Trump Catches Heat For Megyn Kelly “Blood Coming Out Of Her ‘Wherever'” Comment

Donald Trump has been on a long anti-Megyn Kelly rant ever since Thursday night’s first GOP debate where, according to Trump, she didn’t treat him very well.

Trump went on Twitter to belittle and denounce her, and urged his followers to do the same.

Things then escalated last night as Trump called in to talk with CNN’s Don Lemon.

During Thursday’s presidential debate, Kelly pressed Trump about misogynistic, sexist comments he made in the past, such as calling some women “fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals.”

Trump slammed Kelly, saying her questions were “ridiculous” and “off-base.”

“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes,” Trump told CNN’s Don Lemon on Friday night. “Blood coming out of her wherever.”

The real estate mogul elaborated in a statement later Saturday morning, claiming he said “‘blood coming out of her eyes and whatever,’ meaning nose.”

You can listen to his comment in the video here.

Several GOP competitors took to Twitter to condemn Trump’s comments:

Additionally, Erick Erickson has disinvited Trump as the lead speaker at his Red State Gathering tonight and replaced Trump with Megyn Kelly:

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Rick Perry Turns Up The Heat On Donald Trump’s Inflammatory Remarks

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry turned up the volume of his attacks on Donald Trump’s inflammatory statements today during a speech at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.:

“He offers a barking carnival act that can be best described as Trumpism: a toxic mix of demagoguery, mean-spiritedness and nonsense that will lead the Republican Party to perdition if pursued.

“Let no one be mistaken: Donald Trump’s candidacy is a cancer on conservatism, and it must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded.”

“Donald Trump, the reality television star, is a great generator of ratings. But Donald Trump the candidate is a sower of division, wrongly demonizing Mexican-Americans for political sport.”

“He has piqued the interest of some Republican voters who have legitimate concerns about a porous border and broken immigration system. But instead of offering those voters leadership or solutions, he has offered fear and sound bites. This cannot stand.”

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Fox News Hosts Almost Come To Blows Over Who Exploits “Misery” More

In-fighting is fun 🙂

From Mediaite:

As Fox’s The Five discussed Trump today, Jesse Watters credited Trump for his outspokenness and called President Obama a “skinny community organizer.” Geraldo Rivera scolded him for being “disrespectful” and things went downhill from there.

Rivera insisted Trump and others are making wrong conclusions about immigrants over Steinle’s death and shouted, “You’re exploiting the misery of that family!” Watters shot back, “You’re exploring it by downplaying it!”

Eric Bolling got into the mix and told Rivera he “exploits and sensationalizes everything.” This one really set Rivera off.

“You’re lucky that you’re my friend,” he said, “I’d knock you out right now. That’s absolute BS!… What do you do? Where do you get your stuff from?”

“You exploit people more!”

“No – YOU exploit people more!”

Delicious.

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Donald Trump Isn’t Sure Ted Cruz Can Be President

Donald Trump, who famously questioned President Obama’s eligibility to be president, now voices his concerns over whether Sen. Ted Cruz has proper standing to run for the high office.

In a phone interview with My Fox New York, Trump expressed his doubts, “It’s a hurdle. Somebody could certainly look at it very seriously.”

“He was born in Canada,” complained Trump. “If you know, when we all studied our history lessons, you are supposed to be born in this country, so I just don’t know how the courts will rule on this.”

And again, last night with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly he continued, saying it’s “another layer” of concern.

Trump continues to tease with the threat that he himself may run for the 2016 GOP nomination.